Jefferson County AlArchives Photo Document.....Pool, James S. To Pool, Isaac M. -  Letter Nov 11, 1883 - Pg 1 Of 2 November 11, 1883
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Original Letter - Page 1 of 2

From: Cedar Grove, Alabama
To: Duluth, Georgia

November 11, 1883

I.M. Pool (Isaac Mitchell Pool III)

Dear Brother

     After so long a time I will try to answer your letter which I received 
three weeks ago.  Today I have nothing to write worth any thing.

     More than we are all well and getting along tolorable well.  We are not 
done gathering corn yet.  We are most done picking cotton but have not sowed 
any wheat or oats yet.

     Well I recon I had better tell you about George Rowan and Aavis/Alvis 
White being marryed (married) and Felix and Holy but I don't guess you have 
heard about Mag Bass and Dan East being marryed (married).  They marryed 
(married) last Tues Day evening.  Richard Mc and Francis Moor and Dellor Owen 
was the waiters.  Well, that will do about that.  We have had our molases made 
up.  Made thirty seven gallons and put up about twenty five hundred stalks for 
seed.  Well had better close for this time.  Write.

J.S. Pool (James S. Pool) 

     I still want that suite (suit), try it on and be sure and not send it to 
big for me.  Ma (Martha Strickland Pool) said write too.  How Willie is 
getting along and the rest of the kin.

Additional Comments:
Four members of the Pool family in the Cahaba Valley near Leeds, Alabama were 
killed during or died from the results of a tornado on February 19, 1883.

James S. Pool (S. - Strickland ?)
Born: January 14, 1866 Leeds (Cahaba Valley), Jefferson Co., Alabama
Died: February 19, 1884 Leeds (Cahaba Valley), Jefferson Co., Alabama (during 
tornado)
Buried: Pool Cemetery, Hwy 119, Leeds, Jefferson Co., Alabama
Father: Isaac Mitchell Pool (1833-1867)
Mother: Martha Strickland Pool (1843-1920)
Stepfather: John Columbus Pool (Brother of Isaac M. Pool 1833-1867)
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John Columbus Pool
Born: March 5, 1842 Cahaba Valley, Shelby Co., Alabama
Died: February 19, 1883 Leeds (Cahaba Valley), Jefferson Co., Alabama (during 
tornado)
Buried: Pool Cemetery, Hwy 119, Leeds, Jefferson Co., Alabama
Father: Mitchell Pool (1801-1862)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Gilbert Pool (1796-1862)
Spouse: Martha Strickland Pool (1843-1920)
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Lewis Codillus Pool
Born: December 20, 1868 Leeds (Cahaba Valley), Jefferson Co., Alabama
Died: February 26, 1884 Leeds (Cahaba Valley), Jefferson Co., Alabama (results 
of tornado)
Buried: Pool Cemetery, Hwy 119, Leeds, Jefferson Co., Alabama
Father: John Columbus Pool
Mother: Martha Strickland Pool
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Dora Alice Pool
Born: April 8, 1875 Leeds (Cahaba Valley), Jefferson Co., Alabama
Died: February 19, 1884 Leeds (Cahaba Valley), Jefferson Co., Alabama (during 
tornado)
Buried: Pool Cemetery, Hwy 119, Leeds, Jefferson Co., Alabama
Father: John Columbus Pool
Mother: Martha Strickland Pool
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